It didn't go beyond Zhu Ying's expectations, and it was in the normal direction.
When Timur got the secret recipe for cement, he immediately started experimenting.
In just over ten days, a cement road of several hundred meters has been repaired.
Timur was in a good mood and personally led the cavalry guards on this cement road. They ran back and forth four or five times before stopping with satisfaction.
"Order all places to build roads with Samarkand as the center."
"Wherever my army goes, I will build this cement road!!!"
Along with Timur's roar of filial piety, the order was quickly conveyed throughout Timur's empire.
Timur attaches great importance to the development of inns, because only fast inns can allow his orders to reach the army quickly.
Naturally, the post stations on Timur's side were much the same as those before the Ming Dynasty. They were all used to transport military supplies and could not be used by citizens.
However, compared to the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, Timur's financial situation is much better. In a certain aspect, the treasury is not even better than the current Ming Dynasty, but it is much higher than that of Zhu Yuanzhang.
The reason here is also very simple.
Because all the captives in the countries conquered by Timur became slaves.
Slaves, if you have something to eat, give them something to eat. If you don't have anything to eat, you will be hungry. If you starve to death, you will starve to death. No one will care about their lives.
Under Timur's rule, ordinary people in all the conquered areas basically lived a life of hardship. The only food they had every day was what was left over from Timur's army, which was like pig food.
That's it, not all slaves can enjoy it.
A large number of slaves starved to death every day, and more slaves were traded as trading goods.
Speaking of which, Zhu Ying's Qunying Chamber of Commerce is still a big customer of Timur.
The Qunying Chamber of Commerce will purchase anyone with some skills, including women, as long as they are still old enough, and then transport them to the Ming Dynasty.
It sounds a bit ridiculous, but when a large number of women are purchased, this allows many small soldiers in the Ming army, especially the army currently controlled by Zhu Ying, to receive rewards.
The professional arms currently under Zhu Ying's command, no matter what kind of arms they are, as long as they perform well.
Bonus, house, wife, all are rewarded.
Although there are some problems with language communication, these are not important.
Men and women, there are some things that they will naturally understand without any communication.
However, what surprised Zhu Ying was that because of his wife, many soldiers voluntarily learned Timur's language after getting wives from the Far East.
Zhu Ying naturally strongly supports this situation.
And those soldiers who received the reward were so grateful that they burst into tears.
What is the purpose of being a soldier?
In the era of the Ming Dynasty, talking about protecting the home and the country is a bit exaggerated. Even if ideological education courses have never stopped, it is a difficult process to change the underlying thoughts.
Zhu Ying didn't say he was training any dead soldiers. As long as the soldiers were obedient enough, that would be enough.
In terms of ideological education, the main target is still middle-level officers.
These talents are the key to the entire army.
When soldiers serve in the army, they first want to have a full meal, and secondly they want to make achievements, return home in fine clothes, and pass on the reception.
Now that Zhu Ying has solved it for them, they naturally have nothing to worry about.
Even if he died in battle, at least the inheritance of the incense has been accomplished. Even if he goes down to see his ancestors, he will not lose face.
Incense.
Not only those clan celebrities, civil servants and generals, but also the people at the lowest level, it is also a matter that attaches great importance to.
But for today's Ming Dynasty, when the economy begins to prosper, some problems will also arise when it comes to marriage.
For example, betrothal gifts, houses, etc.
In an economically prosperous dynasty, most people will become more vain. This is an eternal law. Even in distant future generations, if this is the case, you will become worse and worse.
Of course Zhu Ying himself doesn't have to worry about this, but he wants to think more about problems for his soldiers.
Even though the current household registration system is no longer as strict as it used to be, inheriting the inheritance from the father is a long-term topic and a general trend today.
Naturally, there are only a few people who want to change their household registration.
Purchasing a large number of women from outside can well meet the basic needs of soldiers.
However, rewarding a wife is similar to opening a blind box. Generally, only the age is determined, and other aspects are basically not said to have any high requirements.
But if it is extremely beautiful, it is difficult to say that it will fall into the hands of soldiers.
Even so, the troops under Zhu Ying's command can be said to be loyal to the death.
Timur's side can be regarded as being exchanged for a large amount of money.
However, as the construction of cement roads throughout Timurid began, the lives of slaves became even more difficult.
Whether it is digging lime, digging sand, or transporting these hard and tiring tasks, of course slaves do it. How can we let noble men do it?
Under the huge amount of work, a large number of corpses appeared.
Timur didn't care about this. What he wanted was the rapid construction of cement roads.
If the slave dies, he dies. If there is not enough, then just arrest him again.
Now that Timur is at war on all sides, there is no shortage of slaves. For Timur himself, the death of more slaves is not a bad thing.
If there are too many slaves, various problems can easily arise.
For example, a slave revolt.
However, under Timur's rule, the so-called slave uprisings only appeared sporadically and had no chance of becoming a phenomenon. They often revolted in the morning and were all killed in the afternoon.
The combat effectiveness of the Mongolian knights is not at the same level as the slaves.
With that ridiculous maneuverability, a hundred cavalry can slaughter thousands of slaves wantonly. After one charge, the situation will basically collapse.
Unlike the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian cavalry was originally a nightmare for the entire Oparo.
There is absolutely no resistance at all.
Before the fight even started, their courage was shattered. The massacre of the city at every turn was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, a horror piled up by millions of lives.
However, due to the concrete construction, the slaves feel relatively lacking.
Timur specifically ordered the front line not to massacre the city again, and to arrest more slaves to pave the way for the construction of cement roads throughout Timur's territory.
The Timurid Empire, which originally suffered from extremely acute social conflicts, reached a critical point under such circumstances.
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But under the suppression of the Mongolian cavalry, there was no way to get up to this critical point, so they were suppressed forcefully.
The news from Timur's side quickly spread to Zhu Ying through the Chamber of Commerce.
Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang also understood.
In the Qianqing Palace,
Zhu Yuanzhang said with some confusion: "How come the people in the West are so obedient? That guy Timur has already done this, so there is nothing to resist?"
The situation in Timur's empire made Zhu Yuanzhang feel a little confused.
From Zhu Yuanzhang's point of view, the entire Timurid Empire was already completely rotten to the core, with almost no possibility of sustaining it for a long time.
But even so, the entire Timur Empire continues to expand, and its military strength continues to increase.
Based on what has been discovered now, the total number of troops in the entire Timur Empire is already close to two million, which is almost the same as the number of troops that did not go to the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who didn't know before but knew now, naturally began to pay great attention to Timur.
The key here lies in Zhu Ying's Chamber of Commerce information.
Zhu Ying replied: "They are following the path of supporting war with war, and their internal affairs are a complete mess. Almost all the money and food are obtained from the war, including farmland, which is also done by slaves."
"Ninety percent of the food grown by slaves must be turned over. Only under such circumstances can we maintain the current false prosperity of Timur's empire."
"This kind of prosperity seems extremely strong, but it cannot withstand any wind and rain. If there is some turmoil or the army is defeated, it will trigger a large-scale outbreak."
Zhu Yuanzhang naturally understood these principles, so he also said with a smile: "Da Sun's cement principle formula is to add fuel to their fire."
"Looking at the meaning, Dasun also has some ideas about Timur's territory?"
After moving the capital to Chang'an, there is no doubt that the capital has a strong control over the grasslands and the Western Regions.
The border of the Western Region is adjacent to the Timurid Empire.
The current Western Region belongs to the Ming Dynasty in name, but in fact it is under local jurisdiction. The Ming Dynasty can intervene, but there is no way to directly rule it.
Zhu Ying, who started his career in the Western Regions, is naturally very familiar with the situation in the Western Regions, and it is normal to have such thoughts.
If the Beiyuan side goes smoothly, it means that the Ming Dynasty will receive at least hundreds of thousands of cavalry.
This group of cavalry was the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's expansion on the grasslands.
By using grassland soldiers to rule the grasslands and carry out substantial expansion, and with the Ming Dynasty providing logistical support, Oara and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate could not compete with the Ming Dynasty.
Beyond that is Timur.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand Da Sun's plan, which was entirely to pave a way forward for the future Ming Dynasty.
Concrete roads have advantages and disadvantages for today's cavalry.
The advantage is that it can quickly mobilize the country's troops.
The disadvantage is that the enemy can quickly counterattack through this concrete road.
The biggest difference between Timur and the Ming Dynasty is that there are many fortified cities in the Ming Dynasty, and there are city defenses at each pass.
No matter how well the roads are built, you still have to conquer the city.
On the other hand, there were relatively few people on Timur's side in the city, and there was no such exaggeration on the Ming side.
From the Western Region, there are fewer mountains.
A large number of plain areas allow war horses to gallop freely.
This is also the key to why the Mongolian cavalry is invincible throughout the entire western region.
If you want to conquer the western region, cavalry is absolutely essential.
The grassland military base established by Zhu Ying is an extremely critical existence.
Otherwise, why would Zhu Di and Lan Yu, the two most famous and powerful people in the Ming Dynasty, be allowed to go to the grasslands to practice cavalry and conquer tribes?
You know, the current grassland military base sounds very simple, but in fact it is a huge gold sales cave.
This is only for now. If we can capture the entire Beiyuan in the future, the burden on Ming Dynasty will be extremely huge.
In terms of rations alone, that is an astronomical sum.
This is because the Ming Dynasty's current economic prosperity is in a period of rapid development, coupled with the continuous planting of high-yielding crops, it can be said that it can afford it.
Otherwise, how could the kings of all dynasties in the Central Plains have thought of such a method.
It’s just because there is absolutely no possibility of burden.
If you do something like this without high-yielding crops, then you are just waiting for the demise of the dynasty.
Without enough food supplies, those barbarians on the grasslands will listen to your ideological education of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.
It can be said that everything currently developed in Ming Dynasty is based on the premise of high-yielding crops.
In the entire north, corn has already been planted on a large scale.
This is an extremely high-quality feed that can breed a large number of high-quality war horses.
Provides huge guarantee for actions on the grassland.
This is also the case with the three major high-yield crops. Basically, only sweet potatoes and potatoes can be seen in the inland areas of the Ming Dynasty, and corn has hardly appeared in the eyes of the people.
Almost all of it was used for transportation to the north.
What we are currently waiting for.
That is to completely control Beiyuan.
As long as the Northern Yuan Dynasty is destroyed, the black land of Liaodong can be fully developed.
When there is enough food, there will be no uprising among the people, and they can fully flex their muscles to achieve their goals.
At that time, why couldn't we have some ideas about the Timurid Empire?
Zhu Ying smiled and replied: "Timur's biggest hidden danger is the heir."
"Once Timur dies and the successor is not as strong and outstanding as him, then it will be like the four great khanates in the past, fighting for each other and falling apart."
"When the Mongolian cavalry no longer listens to the orders of one person, coupled with the riots in the areas ruled by his command, all the areas conquered by Timur will inevitably form an extremely powerful storm."
"When that time comes, it depends on whether our Ming Dynasty can take over."
"Of course, if even Bei Yuan cannot be completely conquered, there is nothing they can do. Even if they are fat, they can only watch."
"At most, the Chamber of Commerce can take advantage of the chaos to gain some trivial benefits."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and sighed in his heart.
For the Central Plains dynasty at this stage, while they were still considering how to deal with the threat of the grassland, Dasun had already decided to look beyond the grassland.